find the number of terms of an a.p. whose sum is 40 and first and fifth terms are 14 and 2.


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Step 1: The factor pairs of the last term are (7,2), (14,1), (-1,-14). Step 2: The pair of factors whose sum is equal to -15, the co- efficient of the middle term is (-1,-14). Step 3: Rewrite the expression u..
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(iii) If 'a' and 'd' be the first term and common difference of the A.P. {T n }, then the sum of first n terms, S n is given by The form (a) is used when common difference 'd' is known and the form (b) is used when the last term ..
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